On Sun, 19 May 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
It is possible for someone to operate an anonymous remailer anonymously. Just get a UNIX shell account under a fake name, pay with cash, and set up the remailing software. The identity of the operator of such a remailer would be difficult, if not impossible, to discover.
I'm always surprised that this hasn't been happening; maybe it will when the new clients become available.
I'm currently working on a version of Mixmaster that allows an individual to run a remailer anonymously. The idea is to set up the primary address of the remailer as a nym. That was easy. I've almost finished the modifications to Mixmaster to allow it to call Raph Levien's premail package. I've set it up to cause all outgoing mail to chain through 2 more random remailers before the message is delivered to the destination. This effectively allows me to operate as a "hidden remailer-in-the-middle". I'll provide more details when I finish the code and it's been thoroughly tested. middle-man-admin